Film Festivals & Awards

People’s Choice Awards nominees announced – time to vote

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The nominations for THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS were announced this morning by Joshua Jackson ("Fringe"), Carrie Ann Inaba ("Dancing with the Stars"), Paula Marshall ("Gary Unmarried") and Jay Mohr ("Gary Unmarried"). New categories this year include "Favorite Superhero," "Favorite TV Drama Diva," "Favorite Movie Cast" and "Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star." Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS which will be hosted by Queen [Read more...]

European Film Awards nominations announced

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The nominations for the 21st European Film Awards were announced at the Seville European Film Festival. With five nominations each, Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo and Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah are leading the pack this year. The 1,800 European Film Academy (EFA) members will now cast their votes and the winners of the 2008 EFA Awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in Copenhagen on December 6. Here is the full list of the 2008 European Film Awards nominees: EUROPEAN FILM [Read more...]

Chicago Film Festival winners announced

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All the winners of the 2008 Chicago Film Festival have been announced. Steve McQueen’s Hunger won the Gold Hugo for Best Film “for its outstanding visual and dramatic strength, telling an uncompromisingly disturbing story of the courage to fight for one’s belief.” The Silver Hugo and the Grand Jury Prize went to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata which, in the jury’s words, “uses a story of humble family life as a metaphor of global anxieties in an era of economic and moral collapse.” The [Read more...]

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominees announced

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The nominees for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced earlier today. The BIFA pre-selection committee viewed more than 150 films before making the final selection. Hunger, Steve McQueen's portrayal of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, and In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's crime drama starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, are this year’s front-runners, with seven nominations each. The 11th BIFA Awards will take place on November 30 at the Old Billingsgate Market in [Read more...]

Nominees for Gotham Independent Film Awards announced

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IFP announced today the nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards™ which will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd at New York City's Cipriani Wall Street. It also announced the new name for the awards, making the subtle shift from the Gotham Awards to the Gotham Independent Film Awards™. Presented by IFP, the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ is one of the leading awards for independent film and the first [Read more...]